Development
THE KILLER
Distributed by: Film Workshop​
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Box-Office: HK$18.255 million
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Locations: Hong Kong
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Awards:
20/20 Awards 2010
Nominated: Felix- Best Foreign Film
DVD Exclusive Awards 2001
Nominated: Video Premiere Award-Best DVD Menu Design for Lat sau san taam
Hong Kong Film Awards 1990
Won-
Best Director: John Woo
Best Film Editing: Kung-Wing Fan
Nominate-
Best Picture: Hark Tsui
Best Supporting Actor: Kong Chu
Best Screenplay: John Woo
Best Cinematography: Wing-Hang Wong, Peter Pau
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Stephen Holden of The New York Times referred to the film as "Alternately gripping and laughable" and that "The scenes of gore and destruction are even more spectacular than Hong Kong's fog-shrouded skyline" The Christian Science Monitor gave the film a mixed review, stating that "This violent Hong Kong thriller has more psychological depth than most of its kind, but ultimately seems like a pointless exercise in style". The movie influenced other internation movies such as Léon, a French movie where the same sequence of incidents take place. This movie started the trent of Gun Fu genre and influenced many other movie.
BULLET IN THE HEAD
Distributed by: Golden Princess Film Production Co. Ltd
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Budget: App. HK$3,500,000
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Box-Office: HK$8,545,123.00
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Locations: Hong Kong
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Awards:
Golden Horse Film Festival 1990
Nominated: Golden Horse Award
Best Art Direction: Wah-Sang Leung
Best Film Editing: John Woo
Hong Kong Film Awards 1991
Won: Best Film Editing: John Woo
Nominated:
Hong Kong Film Award
Best Director: John Woo
Best Actor: Jacky Cheung
Best Cinematography: Ardy Lam,Wilson Chan,Wing-Hang Wong,Chai Kittikum Som
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In John Charles book The Hong Kong Filmography, he gave this film a nine out of ten rating, declaring it as John Woo's "most emotionally powerful film" that "comes close to being a masterpiece".
This movie, even though recieveing a lot of recognition failed to raise in the box office due to Tsui Hark's rushed release of A Better Tomorrow 3.
HARD BOILED
Distributed by: Sahamongkol Film
International
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Budget: US$1,100,000
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Box-Office: US$20,112,926
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Locations: Bangkok, Thailand - Khaosan Road, Banglumpoo & Rat Burana
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Awards:
20/20 Awards 2013
Nominated: Felix- Best Foreign Language Film
Asia-Pacific Film Festival 1992
Won:
Best Editing: John Woo
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DVD Exclusive Awards 2001
Nominated:Video Premiere Award
Best DVD Menu Design:for Dip huet seung hung
Hong Kong Film Awards 1993
Won:Hong Kong Film Award
Best Film Editing: John Woo David Wu Kit-Wai Kai Ah-Chik
Nominated:
Hong Kong Film Award
Best Supporting Actor: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung
Mystfest 1992
Won:
Best Production Design: Wah-Sang Leung
Nominated:
Best Film: John Woo
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This movie was one of the best films ever produced by John Woo. this was his last Hong Kong movie before his transition to Hollywood.It recieved a lot of positive reviews but Vincent Canby of The New York Times said that he found it difficult to follow both the action scenes and the subtitles at the same time, but also agreed that "Mr. Woo does, in fact, seem to be a very brisk, talented director with a gift for the flashy effect and the bizarre confrontation." A review in the Los Angeles Times stated that "With Hard Boiled, John Woo shows himself to be the best director of contemporary action films anywhere." Empire magzine gave this movie a four out of five and stated that "this movie is better than a dozen Die Hard movies".